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Show "i7 draw more than half of his wages, the balance being retained in the treasury as capital and for the ultimate purchasing of the continents in question. And secondly, one dollar a day being, as the Prophet of God has often said, “sumcient for any man to live upon and save money“—said wages of the Workmen of the Order must as quickly as possible be reduced to the rates proposed by the Lord’s servant about four years ago, when he urged the reduction of the wages of mechanics to one -..»- . . u ARTICLE xiv. of men, women and children standing in crowds with cups, baskets or sacks, struggling for their dribbles or allowance of provisions being found highly calculated to develops a proper feeling of dependence in the workman, his wife or child, and worthy of imitation by'the Kingdom of God. 7 ARTICLE IX. LOSSES. All losses in any branch of the Order will be ‘. charged proportionately to every member there- ‘ of, but credited to them in “Thrones, Domin- 7.‘ _' ions, Principalities and Powers," of the life to come. And it shall be the privilege of the \. Treasurer of any bankrupt order to issue orders 5 .3 PROVISIONS FOB CLEBKS, are. or drafts in favor of the losing members, The peculiar and exhausting duties of the drawn on the General Treasurer of the ancient " ‘ Lord's clerks and upper crust men requiring an City of Enoch, payable to bearer when he gets unusual expenditure of their vital powers, it there. 2,3 in «proportion. For this retention as wellas shall be their privilege to send in baskets ARTICL xv. {7 E reduction of wages, however, every faithful privately, to be put in some corner and filled rrrmNe, me. member will be rewarded by having his share with any choice or scarce article that may To ensure the due payment of Tithing and of the profits of the order, if any are made, come in. . added from time to time to the figures opposite check up the growing neglect of this great duty, ; ARTICLE X. his name on the books. while he will be allowed AGAINST WOMEN BRINGING mam KNITTING, arc. the Tithing of the workmen of the Order shall . to “draw” exactly the same as before, provided The well known habit of some of the wives be deducted weekly from their wages, or charged the Order can in future afford to allow him as of the Church hands of bringing" their knitting to them on the books, thus saving them all . f much. If any member desires to handle his and sitting all day on the steps of the Tit-hing trouble of thinking on the subject, and ensuring ( wealth. he will be allowed to have a copy of Office, watching what comes in to the store- their salvation at one and the same time. ’7 these figures or a piece of paper to keep in his house, so as to ensure a shar‘e of what little ARTICLE XVI. drawer and look at whenever he may so desire. butter, meat or other scarcity may come in shall ‘ MUSIC. , Added to this. he will have the gratification be prohibited, inasmuch as it: makes it very Every Branc h Order shall, as soon as posevery once in a while of hearing his name read dificult for the manager of the Lord’s provi,out with said figures attached, and of realizing - sions to save anything of special value for those sible, have a suitable band and choir, to blowand sing the praise of the Head of the Order. that if he does not get money enough from the who keep the Lord's books or revolve around The recognized and genera l anthem of the Order to buy a pair of pants. that he isat least his servant. Order shall be “The Wearing of the Green.” a prospective shareholder in the continents. ARTICLE XI. dollar and a half a day, and those of laborers ARTICLE XVII. ARTICLE VI. wrrunluwn. or MEMBERS. DUTIES or ENocn THE GREAT. sun AND HOTI‘O. It shall be the duty of the Supreme Head of The grand emblem of our great Order sha . It being one of the first principles of the the Order to receive and safely treasure all be a blindfolded and— hobbled donkey, in the act Order _to keep its members faithful” to itself; funds arising from any speculations, contracts, l of being gnarled over a precipi ce, and the motto "Mr‘; u—vv‘ :F immhiwfib‘wnukmen of £133. Lobthe order shall be; tie up the calf will cause the cow to Order shall e engaged. But, it shall be the come ”co rr 31.an pea EVER." home,” and it furthermore being understo privil ege of said Grand Head of the Order, if od that a man cannot‘ be tied up anyw MILK-EM Muss-an, ay so : he finds any temporary hitch in the obtaining Supt., General Cat's-paw and securely as “by his teeth," therefore is it of moneys so due the Order for work performed, Drafter of orRules for the Order. dained: That no member of the Order to take such pay as may be due the Order in who shall become dissatisfied with its proceedi ngs “rolling stock," iron rails, or in any other form and leaves it can draw out the retained half ENOX. of that he can use on his personal speculations, his wages referred to before the end and pay the Order the money due it when he of the Team—“There is SWeet Res t in Heaven.” appointed five years, at the end of which has realized suflicient profit from his speculaDid you ever hear of Enoch, period it shall be his privilege to send in his tions to enable him to do so conveniently. That fine old man of yore, claims as any other creditor, and to Who built a town on a rock be paid ARTICLE XII. That was never built before “when in funds." ? ‘ ‘ ~ Us: or run: rnorrrs or THE ORDER. Cnoaus:—~Then let us ’sing of Enoch, ARTICLE VII. Both numbers one and two, The chief objects of the accumulation and The man of early epoch PENALTY or- INsunoannu'nox. profits of the Order shall, as stated, finall And the modern Prophet too. y be And further to provide against insurbordina the buying ofi‘ from the face of the earth of all The first Enoch was a God a son of bloody out the enemies of the Priesthood; but in tion and rebellion of the members of the : mm' the Order: Who built on an improv ed plan meantime the savings and profits arising from Any member detected murmuring at the Thi s city on the plain. conduct the labor as well as the retained wages of of foremen or other presiding ofilcers— Csosus. the or re‘ According to Mormon stor people, shall be expended in any profit fusing to work at any particular job to able This city was so good which y, It was caught up to glory, they may be assigned—or objecting to wor speculation which the wisdom of the Priesthood k And the under the direction of any particular man that ‘ ,_may bgappoipted b boss him. or insisting on too many particulars regarding the income and expenditure of the Order shall be liable to be summarily ejected from the Order, as an unfaithful member, leaving therein the bala nce of his wages for the remainder of the five year s for the benefit of the faithful and obedient. ARTICLE VIII. nmons or same “run sums." Inasmuch as all men entering the Order val beconie of necessity “public hands, " the system of drawing pay shall be modeled ondhe high ly successful plan adepted by the Salt Lake Tithing Oflce, it being the nearest type of ,anythin g at present in America of the English “wor khouse",or "poor-house” system. Theprlct ioe may determine: such, for instance, as re it lately stood. the CIOIUI. erection of a few more canals or big Tabernacles; the building of more Mousse on the Colorado; the buying up of all the mulbe rry trees in America, or the purchase of a tract of land in Arizona or the Sandwich Islands whereon the workmen of the Order may be removed in due time. or some such other objec t worthy of the sacrifices and labors of the Order. ARTICLE XIII.‘ ml: or Hana-as. (It shall'be the privilege and the proud satisfaction of every member of the Order to say that he owns a part of said Ari zona land, canals or mulberry trees'or warehouse , but he will not be entitled either to touch ’or .use any part thereof except as permitted by the P esident of the Order. , A memento of And or the at Enoc her out): It will withstand every shock And forever remain. ' Cnoaua. Five thousand years hav e need And the second Enoch' szbme ' To hold this kingdom fast And make the people one. Ouonue. And in his hands he'll m 1 To make them do his W31?! them. And by the nose he'll hold them And thus his pockets fill. ' Csoam. Their labor he is tak in And feeding them on‘ chafl, Nor needs the hearts he' s breaking, Nor the mirth of those who laugh. .- 03030:. A city he has built here. It is called Great Sal t But if it ever leaves her Lake, e The other course ’twili take. Cue-us. ‘ .4' |